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You are about to download a Galicaster Software release. This software aimed to help you building Galicaster devices. With Galicaster you can record dual-stream videos in an easy way.

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* First of all, you need to [choose a proper computer and capturing hardware|1.1 Hardware recommendations]
* The [Cookbook|1.1 Cookbook] contains several recipes to correctly configure your hardware and set up your environment.
* Once the hardware is installed, follow the [Software Installation guide|1.1 Software installation].
* If you already have a Galicaster running, please check the [upgrading|Upgrading from older versions] documentation.
* When everything is in place, please take a look to our [User Guide|1.1 User Guide] in order to get started.
* If something goes wrong, the [FAQ section|1.1 FAQ] may help you.
* Compatible with both Opencast Matterhorn 1.2 and 1.3

The documentation will improved progressively, so do not hesitate to make suggestions.

Feel free to ask your doubts and make suggestions about Galicaster (and its documentation) to [mailto:galicaster@teltek.es].


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h5. Hardware

Para esta primera release se proponen dos configuraciones de referencia. La primera usando una cámara web USB y la segunda usando una Video Capture Card como Hauppauge PVR350. En ambos casos se recomienda usar una VGA Capture Card del modelo VGA2USB o superior.
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h6. Video Capture Card
h5. [Download Galicaster v1.1|http://webfiler.teltek.es/webfiler/galicaster/galicaster-1.1.1.tgz]
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|| Component \\ || Known Good Hardware || Notes \\ ||
| Processor & Motherboard \\ | Intel i3 Processor \\
4GB RAM | No se necesita mucha CPU, ya que la video capture card codifica el video por hardware |
| Video Capture Card \\ | Hauppauge PVR250 \\
Hauppauge PVR350 \\
Hauppauge HVR1600 \\ | El audio también se captura a través de esta tarjeta |
| VGA Capture Card \\ | VGA2USB \\
VGA2USB-I \\
VGA2USB LR \\
VGA2USB LR-I \\ | |

h6. WebCam USB
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|| Component \\ || Known Good Hardware || Notes \\ ||
| Processor & Motherboard \\ | Intel i5 Processor \\
4GB RAM | Al codificar los dos vídeos se necesita más CPU |
| Video Capture Card \\ | Hauppauge PVR250 \\
Hauppauge PVR350 \\
Hauppauge HVR1600 \\ | |
| WebCam \\ | USB Logitech HD Pro Webcam \\ | Valido con todas las webcam USB compatibles con V4L2 |
| Sound Cart | Linux compatible | |
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En la sección de [cookbook|Galicaster:Cookbook] encontraras recetas para configurar las capture card en linux

h5. Software
If you are looking for previous releases of Galicaster, take a look into the [Release Archive|Galicaster:Release Archive]

Galicaster is based on Open Source technologies. 

Para probar esta primera release se recomienda el uso de Ubuntu 10.04 LTS sobre el hardware antes descrito. Sobre el en necesario instalar las dependencias y realizar la comprobaciones básicas:
h5. Documentation

h6. 1.\- Install dependences
* [Hardware recommendations|1.1 Hardware recommendations]
* [Software installation|1.1 Software installation]
* [Upgrading from older versions]
* [User's Guide|1.1 User Guide]
* [Cookbook|1.1 Cookbook]
* [FAQ|1.1 FAQ]

* Gstreamer
* python-setuptools and pip
* iCalendar
* pyCurl
* Capture card configuration tools

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$ sudo apt-get install \
gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-alsa gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse \
gstreamer0.10-plugins-base gstreamer0.10-plugins-base-apps gstreamer0.10-plugins-good \
gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse
$ sudo apt-get install python-pip python-setuptools
$ sudo pip install icalendar
$ sudo apt-get install python-pycurl
$ sudo apt-get install v4l-conf v4l-utils guvcview
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h6. 2.\- Check configuration
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If you have any doubts or comments, consider subscribing to the galicaster community mailing-list:
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$ python --version
Python 2.6.6
*[Galicaster Community|Community]* *@*
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$ python -c "import pygtk; pygtk.require('2.0')"
$ python -c "import pygst; pygst.require('0.10')"
$ python -c "import pycurl"
$ python -c "import icalendar"

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$ gst-launch v4l2src num-buffers=25 ! video/x-raw-yuv,width=800,framerate=24/1 ! ffmpegcolorspace ! xvimagesink
$ gst-launch v4l2src num-buffers=25 ! video/x-raw-yuv,width=800,framerate=24/1 ! ffmpegcolorspace ! x264enc pass=5 quantizer=22 speed-preset=4 profile=1 ! queue ! avimux ! filesink location=out.avi
$ file out.avi
out.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 800 x 600, ~24 fps, video: H.264 X.264 or H.264
$ rm out.avi
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h6. 3.\- Dowload software

Download and extract the software from this site.

h6. 4.\- Config galicaster

The values are in the file conf.ini

Sections:

* basic
** repository: path to the working folder.
** admin: enables admin mode (True\|False)

Example:
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[basic]
repository = /mnt/videos/Repository
admin = True
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* screen
** right: Name of the video device to be shown in the right screen (None to deactivate).
** left: Name of the video device to be shown in the left screen (None to deactivate).
** cursor: Shows or hides the cursor. (True\|False)

Example:
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[screen]
right = Epiphan
left = Hauppagge
cursor = True
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* ingest
** The data to connect Galicaster to an Opencast-Matterhorn server.

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[ingest]
default = True
username = matterhorn_system_account
host = http://admin.matterhorn.es:8080
password = CHANGE_ME
workflow = full
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* track
** Values common to all devices:
*** name: Name assigned to the device.
*** device: Tipo de dispositivo. (v4l2\|vga2usb\|webcam\|hauppage\|pulse)
*** flavor: Matterhorn "flavor" associated to the track. (presenter\|presentation\|other)
*** location: Device's mount point in the system (p.ej. /dev/video0).
**** For PulseAudio devices run:
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and use "Name:" as the "location" field.
*** file: The file name where the track will be recorded.
*** active: Whether the device will be played and recorded. (True\|False)
** Values in audio (pulse) devices:
*** playing: Indicates if the audio, apart from being recorded, is played. (True\|False)
*** vumeter: Activates data sending to the program's vumeter. (True\|False) Only one device should be activated.
*** amplification: Gstreamer amplification value: < 1 decreases and > 1 increases volume. Values between 1 and 2 are commonly used.

Example:
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[track1]
name = Hauppagge
loc2 = /dev/hauprevideo
loc3 = /dev/haupreaudio
location = /dev/haucamera
file = CAMERA.mpg
device = hauppage
flavor = presenter
active = False

[track2]
name = Epiphan
active = False
location = /dev/screen
file = SCREEN.avi
device = vga2usb
flavor = presentation

[track3]
amplification = 2.0
name = AudioSource
vumeter = Active
location = alsa_input.usb-046d_081d_96D1FD90-00-U0x46d0x81d.analog-mono
file = sound.mp3
device = pulse
flavor = presenter
active = False
playing = False

[track4]
name = Webcam
videocrop-left = 160
videocrop-right = 160
caps = image/jpeg,framerate=25/1,width=1280,height=720
active = False
location = /dev/webcam
file = CAMERA.avi
device = mjpeg
flavor = presenter
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h6. 5.\- Running

Galicaster Class is launched by running the command:

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$ ./classexec
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